Punishment, leave denial hit army?

The army unit attacked by terrorists in Samba near Jammu September 26 may have been struggling with low morale after the infamous officer-jawan spat it witnessed last August, which lead to disciplinary action against 60 soldiers, sources said. Officers and jawans of 16 Cavalry, one of the army’s oldest armoured regiments, were involved in a bitter standoff last year triggered by the suicide of a jawan who had allegedly been denied leave.

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